garden apartment

American  

noun

1. an apartment on the ground floor of an apartment building having direct access to a backyard or garden.

2. a low-level apartment building or building complex surrounded by lawns and trees, shrubbery, or gardens.

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Etymology

Origin of garden apartment

First recorded in 1945–50

Example Sentences

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garden apartment

There was little inventory available to buy, so I moved into a garden apartment with a month-to-month lease until conditions improved.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 5, 2026

After graduation, he moved back to his great-grandmother’s place and used the garden apartment as a place to make art.

From New York Times ● Apr. 4, 2022

And no thought is given to perhaps building a small garden apartment for Alice, where she can live with Sam the butcher, rather than inhabiting a tiny cell off the foyer.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2019

Firefighters responded about 1:30 a.m. to the 13600 block of Bent Tree Circle in Centreville after a fire in a garden apartment, according to the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 22, 2019

But in the end Janis found a place for them, a garden apartment nearby.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen